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Random This Shin Megami Tensei V Unboxing Video Is As Wholesome As They Come
Meet Food4Dogs
Food4Dogs discussing Shin Megami Tensei V in her latest video. We all know that gaming is a hobby suited to anyone and everyone from all walks of life, but with the majority of successful streamers and gaming internet personalities being young, trendy 'influencers' these days, it's nice to see some different representation...
Random Xbox Celebrates The GameCube (And The Dreamcast!) On Their 20th Anniversary
FWENDS!
Isn't it nice when everyone gets along? In the spirit of things, the official Xbox Twitter account shared an image today in celebration of the OG Xbox's 20th birthday, which brings Nintendo, PlayStation, and even SEGA in on the fun. "One of gaming's best eras" indeed. The Dreamcast came out in 1998 in Japan, and 1999 in the rest of the...
Random Good Lord, This 3-Screened Mutant Game Boy Is Utterly Cursed
Plays GB, GBC, GBA and DS games
Retrofitting Game Boys with better screens and superior batteries isn't a new thing, but prolific modder HaihaiSB isn't content with simply making these vintage systems better – he wants to take things to extremes, as is evidenced by his latest, twisted creation: the DMG-105Z. Using the o
News Modders Have Already "Fixed" Some Rain Issues In The Grand Theft Auto Trilogy
But you'll just have to wait for an official patch on Switch
As you might have heard, the rain is out of control in Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. Not only is it torrential, but it also has some "sorting issues" (as highlighted by Digital Foundry) where things like pools of water are layered in front of rain. While Switch...
Random There's A New Wasp Escape Trick In Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2.0
Waspn't
Wasps! They're a necessary evil in Animal Crossing games, because anyone who's been playing for a while knows that there's furniture in the trees, so they must shake them. However, there are also wasps, and they don't take kindly to being shook. Not too long ago, it was discovered that
Random Smash Bros. Director Masahiro Sakurai Just Bought An Xbox Series X
Xbox All-Stars, anyone?
Sakurai yesterday caught our attention when he shared an image of himself riding a horse, and now he's got social media's attention again, this time for purchasing an Xbox! Yes, that's right - the director of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has finally got his hands on Microsoft's latest and most powerful console, the Xbox Series...
Random Look, It's The Smash Bros. Director Masahiro Sakurai On A Horse
Life after Smash...
We still find it hard to believe, but after multiple years, the development of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has finally wrapped up. While there'll still likely be patches, the fighter DLC for the all-star brawler is now officially complete. The game's director Masahiro Sakurai last month mentioned how he no longer had to worry...
But where's Doomguy?
Animist, also known as Yuto, is an animator who makes incredible stop motion shorts. We've covered their Kirby stop-motion before, but their newest creation — somewhat appropriately — is Isabelle from Animal Crossing: New Horizons making coffee. Even though Brewster can probably handle it just fine, Izzy. The stop-motion...
Random Have You Noticed This Glaring Error In Arcade Archives VS. Super Mario Bros?
Mario games will never be the same again
If you're reading this site, you're probably pretty familiar with the general plot of almost every Mario game in existence. As Mario (and sometimes Luigi), you'll be heading off to rescue Princess Peach from the clutches of the Mushroom Kingdom's biggest baddie, Bowse– WRONG. Nope, apparently we've all been...
Random Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Custom Polish Effects Are A Game-Changer
Polishing? Fun? No, seriously!
Polishing furniture sounds like something our parents would make us do as a punishment, but it's one of the new features in Animal Crossing: New Horizons' Happy Home Paradise expansion, and it's actually, maybe, secretly one of the best things in the update. Because, get this, you can use custom designs to make your...
"We just talked about music as we shared some beers together"
Shigeru Miyamoto might be famous to anyone who knows their Mario from their Sonic, but it's easy to forget this wasn't always the case – and even today, there are people who might not be aware of the great man's legacy. So, when non-gamer Tony LeCroix had a chance meeting with the...
Random Vulpix Is The Latest Pokémon To Get Its Very Own Plane
Goes halfsies with Alolan Vulpix, actually
Seeing an airliner emblazoned with Pokémon is nothing new — series mascot Pikachu has been plastered across its fair share of aircraft since the late-'90s — but we have to say that this latest effort is perhaps our favourite thanks to how it incorporates both the original Pokémon and its Alolan...
Random Brie Larson's Back In A New Metroid Dread Instagram Ad
Say cheese
Now, listen — we know a lot of you don't like it when we write about Oscar winner Brie Larson's ongoing relationship with Nintendo. We get it. We're all a little bit lactose intolerant, too. But, much like you only have yourself to blame if you finish off an entire tub of Häagen-Dazs, we really can't be held responsible for you...
Random The Final Smash Bros. Ultimate Mural Looks Exceptional As A 3D Printed Lampshade
Illuminating
With Sora being the final fighter to arrive in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the huge ever-growing mural featuring every fighter in the game is now, finally, complete. Smash Bros boss Masahiro Sakurai recently displayed a print of the finished piece on his wall, and we here at Nintendo Life Towers have the same image as our wallpaper,...
News Got A Spare $25,000? Then This Baccarat 'Pokémon Pikachu Fragment' Could Be Yours
One of only 25 ever made
You might consider yourself to be a really serious Pokémon fan because you own all of the games, as well as a few plush toys and a (totally unironic) Ash Ketchum cap, but if you're truly dedicated to the brand then you'll have to up your game to the tune of $25,000 because The Pokémon Company has teamed up with the French...
Random Some Trainers Have Already Captured The Legendary Pokémon In The Diamond & Pearl Remakes
And the game isn't even out yet!
While the rest of us have to wait until November 19th to get our hands on the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl remakes on Nintendo Switch, some players - who appear to have acquired the game early from retailers - and are already on the cusp of completion. Note: Possible spoilers ahead! Yes, that's right - some trainers...
Random Metroid Dread's Zero Suit Samus Model Is Rather Detailed Up Close
"14,000 polys for a model that has 2 seconds of screentime"
If you've been killed by something that isn't an E.M.M.I. robot in Metroid Dread, then you've probably seen the Zero Suit Samus animation that follows. While it might not seem like all that much in motion, it's actually rather detailed. An individual known as 'Finalizer' shared these...
Random Animal Crossing Players Spot Discord In The Latest Update
"We've officially made it"
Nintendo has released the final major free content update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons and there's a lot to unpack. One particular item that's been added is a gaming computer, and it's got quite a lot of people talking. It's not so much the item, but what's on the screens that have become the talking point. If you...
Random Saharah's Shop Is Vastly Improved On Harv's Island, Thank Goodness
Camel you believe it
Listen — it probably seems a lot like everyone is making the same mistakes all over again with Animal Crossing: New Horizons' new content, by guzzling it all up within the first few days. Trust us, we know the feeling, especially when you have a job or responsibilities, and can't keep up. (Admittedly, our job is literally to...
Random You Might Want To Clear Your Animal Crossing Home Of Cockroaches Before Villagers Visit
They'll thank you for it
Among the many new features included in yesterday's Version 2.0.0 update in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the addition of Villager visits, where Villagers either invite you round to their house for a nice chat and a game of cards, or come to visit you in your own home. Seeing your Villagers walking around your home for...
Random Unpacking's 14,000 Audio Files Make For One Hell Of A Polished Game
*clunk* *schwif* *bang*
Earlier this week, a zen game about unpacking, which is unsurprisingly called Unpacking, launched on Nintendo Switch. Since then, it's been getting a lot of attention, both for its players who don't know what GameCubes are, and for the stunning amount of detail within the isometric pixel art game. The latest detail to go...
Random There's A Street Fighter II Easter Egg Hiding Inside This (Checks Notes) 'Can Depalletizer'
That's quite the headline, right?
The wide impact of video games means that little references can appear anywhere. In movies. During TV shows. In books. Or, in the case of Capcom's Street Fighter II, as a hidden screen on a can depalletizer used in the brewing industry. Yes, you read that right. Reddit poster RonnieBringIt has uploaded a video...
Random Today's Animal Crossing Update Adds Not One Froggy Chair, But Six Froggy Chairs
What a glorious day
As you may have already seen, this week's major free update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons has dropped a day early. Why? Who knows... But thanks, Nintendo! Anyway, while the addition of Brewster, Kapp'n, Gyroids, cooking and more are all very welcome indeed, there's one other important addition now available in-game:
Random "Roadkill NES" Found By The Side Of Texas Freeway Restored To Working Condition
Impressive work
They sure don't make 'em like they used to, right? Well, that's certainly the case when it comes to this poor, unloved NES that was rescued from the side of a freeway in Texas. Spotted by Rob Ivy (AKA: The Obsolete Geek), the NES had seemingly been abandoned, and despite Ivy's helpful pinpointing of the location of the console on...
Random Check Out Emora Kart, A Macintosh-Exclusive Super Mario Kart Clone From 1994
Complete with mouse controls!
We're all used to seeing kart racers copying the tried and trusted Mario Kart formula these days, but here's a quick blast to the past that proves game developers were busy mimicking Nintendo's style right from the off. Emora Kart is a mouse-controlled Super Mario Kart clone that was developed exclusively for Macintosh...
Random A Rather Angry Mario Is Hiding In This Sega Saturn Game From 1995
Take them down from within
Sega and Nintendo are best buddies these days, but it wasn't always that way. Once upon a time, the two companies were battling for domination of the living room via their respective range of home systems, and their mascots – Mario and Sonic – were bitter enemies that wouldn't be seen dead in the same game (how things...
Random Oh No, People Don't Recognise GameCubes Any More
YOU'RE OLD
Remember when people realised that the Save icon — a little floppy disk — would be unrecognisable to younger generations? Remember how absolutely ancient you felt? Well, get ready, because it's happening again, and you are the cryptkeeper. Congrats! Here's the backstory: The lovely, zen game Unpacking just came out, and it's all...
Random Chris Pratt Will Also Be The Voice Of Garfield
"It's-a me...Garfield!"
Nintendo and Illumination recently announced Chris Pratt would be taking over vocal duties for Mario in the upcoming animated movie due out in cinemas next year. It's a pretty big moment for Nintendo's Italian mascot, who up until now has been voiced by the legendary voice actor Charles Martinet. While Pratt himself has said...
Random The Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin Nendoroid Can Now Hold A Cat
And so can you!
Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin was an unexpected success for developer Edelweiss, selling over a million copies, and getting crossovers with Story of Seasons, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and h
Random Nintendo Keeps (Jokingly) Tricking Fans Into Watching WarioWare Adverts
The old bait-and-switch
WarioWare: Get It Together! has already been out for almost two months now (seriously, where does the time go?) but Nintendo's still busy plugging the game with the occasional social media post. And for good reason – it's excellent and deserves your time. We can't help but notice that there's a bit of a dastardly theme...
Random Someone Carved 107 Pokémon Pumpkins To Celebrate The Diamond & Pearl Remakes
Gotta carve 'em all
Carving pumpkins is messy, time-consuming, and leaves you with far more gourdmeat than you're prepared to eat. In fact, if you manage to carve more than one pumpkin in preparation for Halloween, then you're an accomplished and impressive human that's going to have to eat pumpkin-related foods for the next two weeks. But why stop...
Random Tetris: The Grand Master Home Port Announcement Revealed By Announcement Delay
Well, that's one way of doing it
Tetris: The Grand Master is a series of really hard Tetris games developed for arcades by Japanese company Arika – and it looks like they're finally coming to home consoles. The news broke following a tweet from Arika vice-president Ichiro Mihara, who stated that the official announcement of the ports was supposed...
Random Nintendo's Switch Online 'Expansion Pack' Trailer Is Now Its Most Disliked YouTube Video Ever
Move aside, Metroid Prime: Federation Force
Earlier this month, we reported on how Nintendo's Switch Online overview trailer for the new 'Expansion Pack' add-on (see above) was struggling to win over the masses. Well, an update on that - as highlighted by our friends over at VGC, it's now
Random Pikmin Bloom Player Accidentally Sends Pikmin On Homeward Bound-Style Mission
Pikkie come home
Pikmin Bloom is now available in the Americas, and we've quite enjoyed our time with it so far — especially now that there's a "Comprehensive Guide For New Players" available on Reddit, thanks to one industrious player. Most of the de
Random Turns Out Dune's Paul Atreides Is One Of Us After All
"I got hooked on Luigi's Mansion"
Denis Villeneuve's Dune movie might not be the first attempt to adapt Frank Herbert's epic sci-fi novel, but it's certainly turned out to be one of the most successful, having earned $223.2 million in takings (at the time of writing) and garnering positive reviews – more than can be said for David Lynch's...
Update: Now available in the UK!
Update: Our friends over at Games Connection now have these shells in stock: Original Story [Mon 15th Mar, 2021 09:35 GMT]: Back in the '80s and '90s, demand for "see-through" technology arguably hit its peak. While the '70s had been about attaching bits of wood to consumer electronics to make them fit more...
Random Game Boy That Was Snapped Clean In Two Comes Back From The Dead
A perfect Halloween story
Halloween is this weekend, so what better time to report on a piece of gaming hardware rising from the grave? The man responsible for this amazing resurrection is Solderking (AKA: Taylor Burley), who you might recall from a story we ran a while back about dunking Zelda carts in orange juice (basically, don't do it)...
Random This Girl's Mother Makes The Absolute Best Metroid Halloween Cosplay
Even dad is included!
Halloween is fast approaching, and you know what that means – long-suffering parents all over the world are putting the finishing touches to outfits they have made for their offspring. By the time November rolls around, everyone will be utterly sick to death of the sight of pint-sized vampires, zombies and werewolves...
Random Going To Holland Soon? Then Make Sure You Play This 'Lost' Super Mario World Sequel
It's a Wacky World, alright
Mario has starred in a fair few million-selling games, but he's also contributed to some titles which are less well-known – including Super Mario's Wacky Worlds, a canned platformer for the Philips CD-i multimedia system from the early '90s. Developed in the US by Malibu-based NovaLogic – famous for the Comanche and...
Random Hey, A Switch Online N64 Game Description Mentions Golden Sun
Nintendo actually remembers Camelot's classic RPG series
If you were a fan of Nintendo during the Game Boy Advance generation, then you might have experienced Camelot's fantasy role-playing series Golden Sun. It got two games during this time and even allowed players to transfer across some content to the second game, Golden Sun: The Lost Age. As...
Random Nintendo Rejected Samus Voice Acting In Metroid Prime For Being "Too Sexual And Sensual"
"They're very, very particular about vocal sounds"
Podcaster Reece Reilly – AKA: Kiwi Talks – has been discussing the development of past Metroid games with the people who made them for some time now, having previously chatted to the likes of Mike Wikan and Bryan Walker. More recently, he sat down with Clark Wen, who was Audio Director on
An Among Us photo would have been sus a month ago
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate might be the greatest crossover video game of all time, but it's been far from easy for the game's director Masahiro Sakurai over the years. Apart from health issues and struggles when adding certain fighters - whenever he appeared on a show, did an interview, or posted...
Random It Has Now Been 1,000 Days Since Metroid Prime 4's Development Was Restarted
We're ready for an update, Nintendo
Where were you approximately 1,000 days ago? While it might not seem long ago, it actually dates back to 25th January 2019 and you know what that day was, right? Yep, on this particular day in Nintendo history, development on the highly anticipated release Metroid Prime 4 was restarted. Nintendo's Senior Managing...
PSA You Can Use Switch OLED's Kickstand To Play In TATE Mode, Just Be Very Careful
We like to TATE, we like, we like to TATE
DISCLAIMER: Nintendo Life is not liable for any damage — light or otherwise — caused to your lovely Switch OLED's screen through orientating your shiny new console all vertical-like. Old school arcade and shmup fans have been having a wail of a time with Switch over the past few years, with the system...
Random These Incredible Animal Crossing Animated Shorts Are Essential Viewing
We'll never view island life the same way again
If you're anything like us, you'll know that there aren't many things in life as sweet and wholesome as an island full of happy Animal Crossing villagers. Nothing brings us more joy than seeing our favourite villagers doing some yoga on the beach or singing along to their favourite tune, and we...
Random VTuber Korone Plays Gyro-Enabled GBA Title WarioWare Twisted! With A GameCube
Not even Wario is this crazy
VTubers (known in full as Virtual YouTubers) have become incredibly popular over the past decade. While we're used to seeing these digital characters voiced by real people playing video games, it's not every day we see something this weird... Japanese VTuber 'Korone' - who has 1.7 million subscribers on YouTube -...
Random Forget Dread, It's All About Metroid: Other M On Twitter Right Now
Fans are "defending" the Wii entry for all sorts of reasons
Metroid Dread might have just been released for the Nintendo Switch (and it's outstanding by the way), but over on social media, the conversation is all about Team Ninja's 2010 Wii title, Metroid: Other M. While it was mostly well-received back then, as time went on it's fallen out of...
Random Animal Crossing Player Perfectly Recreates Link’s Awakening's Mabe Village
It's the little details...
With Animal Crossing: New Horizons' mega Version 2 update just around the corner as well as the delightful looking Happy Home Paradise DLC, we're once again feeling that specific brand of deserted island hype right now. While we've been busy gushing over all the new content headed our way in November, however, other...
40k and counting
It's not often you see a video on Nintendo's main YouTube channel not performing well in terms of 'Likes' compared to 'Dislikes' but every now and then it posts something that doesn't go down so well with subscribers, and viewers in general. The latest video that's struggling to win over the masses is the Switch Online overview...
Random Relax, Animal Crossing's Former Town Mayor Tortimer Is Alive And Well
He's been enjoying his retirement all along
Before Animal Crossing: New Horizons was even released on the Nintendo Switch, fans spotted an eerie gravestone in one of the game's trailers. Many within the community latched onto this at the time, which then led to theories a beloved character in Nintendo's social simulation series had died. At the...
